Cover art for Eve of Destruction [live, London 1990] by The Dickies

Eve of Destruction [live, London 1990]

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The eastern world, it is exploding
Violence flaring and bullets loading
You're old enough to kill, but not for voting
You don’t believe in war, but what's that gun you're toting?
Even Jordan River has some bodies floating

And you tell me over and over and over again, my friend
That you don’t believe you're on the eve of destruction

Don't you understand what I'm trying to say?
Can't you feel the fears that I'm feeling today?
Button is pushed, there's no running away
No one to save with the world in a grave
Well, takе a look around you, boy
It's bound to scare you, boy

And now you tell me ovеr and over and over again, my friend
That you don’t believe you’re on the eve of destruction

Well, look at all the hate that there is in Alhambra
And look around at Selma, Alabama
[?] for three months in space
When they come back, you got the same old place
Pounding of the drums, pride and disgrace
You can bury your dead, but don't leave a trace
Hate your next-door neighbor, don’t forget to say grace
And you tell me over and over and over again, my friend
That you don't believe you're on the eve of destruction

And you tell me over and over and over again, my friend
That you don't believe you’re on the eve of destruction

And you tell me over and over and over and over again, my friend
That you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction

We're on the eve of destruction

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Recorded At
The Dome (London, England)
Released in
1991
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